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Debut author: Lottie Moggachhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/01/lottie-moggach-interview-kiss-me
The daughter of bestselling novelist Deborah Moggach explains why she wrote a thriller about lives lived online<p>Lurking on Facebook, distracted by status updates and photos, Lottie Moggach was struck by how she could feel part of her friends' lives even when she hadn't seen some of them in months. This realisation formed the basis of her fast-paced debut novel, <em>Kiss Me First</em> (Picador £14.99), a thriller that cuts to the quick as it explores the seductive power and limitations of a life lived online.</p><p>Praised by everyone from <em>The Bookseller</em> to authors such as Liz Jensen and Harriet Lane, <em>Kiss Me First</em> describes how Leila, an awkward, computer-obsessed young woman, agrees to help a bipolar thirtysomething called Tess kill herself without detection by impersonating her online. Using her email addresses and Facebook account, Leila finds it frighteningly easy to keep Tess's friends and family in the dark, at first.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/01/lottie-moggach-interview-kiss-me">Continue reading...</a>FictionBooksInternetTechnologySocial mediaDigital mediaFacebookTwitterBipolar disorderLife and styleMediaRelationshipsCultureMon, 01 Jul 2013 09:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/01/lottie-moggach-interview-kiss-mePhotograph: PRExploring the effects of social media on relationships: novelist Lottie Moggach.Photograph: PRExploring the effects of social media on relationships: novelist Lottie Moggach.Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy2013-07-01T09:00:01Z